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Chlamydia Diagnosis
How is chlamydia diagnosed?
A doctor diagnoses chlamydia using your medical history, a physical exam, and tests. To learn about your medical history, your doctor may ask you questions such as:
- Do you think you were exposed to any sexually transmitted infections (STIs)? How do you know? Did your partner tell you?
- What are your symptoms?
- Do you have discharge?
- Do you have sores in the genital area or anywhere else?
- Do you have any urinary symptoms? This includes urinating often, feeling burning or stinging when you urinate, or urinating in small amounts.
- Do you have any belly or pelvic pain or cramping during vaginal sex?
- Do you have bleeding between your periods or after vaginal sex?
- What kind of birth control do you use? Do you use condoms?
- Do you or your partner engage in any high-risk sexual behaviors? For example, do you have multiple sex partners or have sex without a condom?
- Have you had an STI in the past? How was it treated?
After your medical history is taken:
- If you're a woman, you may have a pelvic exam.
- If you're a man, you may have a genital exam for urethritis and epididymitis.
- You may have a urine test.
Several types of tests can be used to diagnose chlamydia. Test results are usually ready in a few days.
Other infections can occur along with chlamydia. Your doctor may want you to be tested for:
- Gonorrhea.
- Syphilis.
- Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which causes AIDS.
- Bacterial vaginosis. This a condition caused by a change in the normal bacteria in the vagina.